Eclectic Games in Reading is moving to a new store with a successful Kickstarter appeal allowing them to kit out a state of the art games room too.

The gaming store has outgrown its current premises and will be moving to new accommodation on Union Street, Reading, at the end of September.

The move will double their shop floor and triple the amount of games room space.

Here is where they needed help from Kickstarter. Owners Becky and Darrell Ottery realised their budget could not stretch to kit out and furnish the games room how they really wanted, so they asked for help.

The Kickstarter had reached £8,599 at the time of writing, outstripping their £5,000 goal.

"We hold regular gaming tournaments which are very popular and with more space we can run one event in the big room, one in the smaller room and have a casual gaming room.

"It has increased the number of events we can do in any given weekend.

"Hopefully the Kickstarter means we can go from pretty good to the best in the UK."

Incentives for backers included being able to sponsor a chair or table in one of the games rooms, with people being able to have a personalised plaque attached to one of the chairs or tables they are helping to purchase.

Other incentives included tickets to the store's exclusive launch party on Friday October 16 and even coffee for the whole year in the shop.

The biggest reward was to become the name and sponsor of the largest games room, costing a whopping £1000 and Becky thought it would be taken by a games company if it went at all.

To their surprise it was snapped up early on in the campaign by one of their regular customers who is remaining anonymous until the "big reveal" on opening day, Saturday September 26.

Becky said: "People are really excited about having their own chair."

She added she felt it was possible they could reach £10,000 and the pair had been quickly coming up with stretch goals to enhance their shop, in particular they focused on bringing digital screens to the different games rooms to keep everyone updated with scores, rankings and even offering the possibility of live video footage between rooms.

To back the Kickstarter and become part of Eclectic Games' future click here.